Black Swan
ThrillerBlack Swan is a psychological thriller from the world of ballet.
Black Swan tells a story about nice young ballet dancer. Dancer is about to get a leading role in the next ballet production, Swan Lake.
The grand old lady, Beth Mac Intyre is retiring. And there is room for a new raising ballet star.
Everything looks just fine for Nina, but something is wrong. She starts to crack.
Nina gets suspicious about the people around her. Especially with the latter recruit, Lily. Lily seems to be eager to get the place in the sun, too. And what's the worse, the man in charge, Leroy, seems to like Lily's dancing and performances.
Besides the heavy mental pressure, there are also some real things. Things, which feed Nina's suspicions, and speed up her down drive.
The story is told to you by the means of psychological thriller.
Black Swan. Movie for the people, who like to get excitement from plot, and interesting camera drives. Very impressive movie. Could also mention the new arrangements from the Swan Lake evergreens. They are played by an orchestra.
Natalie was awarded with an Oscar from her acting in the movie. Black Swan was also a great success in theaters and box offices.
Lilly and NinaBlack Swan was filmed at New York during the autumn 2009.
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Natalie was awarded with Oscar from Leading Female role. Black Swan got over $300 million worldwide grosses from theater distribution. App 41 million people watched Black Swan in theaters. Due to a huge mess, the 1st wave of Brd and Dvd disc sales failed badly. It was 41% down from the usual levels, and app 69% down from award boosted levels.
| Name | Black Swan | |
| Genre | Thriller | |
| Rating | R | |
| Year / Country | 2010 / U.S. | |
| Cast ( Leading ) | ||
| Nina | Natalie Portman | |
| Nina's dance sequences | Kimberly Prosa | |
| Leroy | Vincent Cassel | |
| Cast ( Supporting ) | ||
| Nina's Mother | Barbara Hershey | |
| Lilly | Mila Kunis | |
| Beth | Winona Ryder | |
| Ballet scenes | ||
| Swan Queen | Sarah Lane | |
| Swan Prince | Benjamin Millepied | |
| Ballet dancing | Philadelphia Ballet | |
| Choreography | Benjamin Millepied | |
| Production | ||
| Directed | Darren Aronofsky | |
| Writers | ||
| - screenplay | Andres Heinz | |
| - novel | Andres Heinz | |
In the movie you can see quite a many things which takes place behind the stage and between performances. Rehearsing dressing room scenes, have lots of real in them. But if you want to see ballet, you must go to ballet.
There aren't official guidelines for crediting leading and supporting actors. On this site the leading and supporting actors are usually actors with a chance to win Oscar from leading or supporting performance.
Most of the Nina's ballet dancing is performed by Kimberly Prosa.